The small back room [videorecording] / Janus Films ; StudioCanal ; London Films present ; a production of the Archers ; written, produced and directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger.
Format:
[videorecording] /
Edition:
Special ed.
Publisher:
British Lion Film Corporation Limited,
Copyright Date:
2008
Description:
1 videodisc (107 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([14] p. ; 19 cm.)
David Farrar, Kathleen Byron, Jack Hawkins, Leslie Banks, Michael Gough, Cyril Cusack, Milton Rosmer, Emrys Jones, Walter Fitzgerald, Renee Asherson. Adapted from a novel by Nigel Balchin. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1949. Special edition features: audio commentary by Charles Barr; video interview with Chris Challis; excerpts from Michael Powell's audio dictations for his autobiography; in booklet: essay, "Whiskey galore!" / by Nick James.
Summary:
Details the professional and personal travails of a troubled, alcoholic research scientist and military bomb-disposal expert who, while struggling through a relationship with his girlfriend, is hired by the government to advise on a German weapon.
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